We Own This City

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 25, 2022
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 33 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 33
  3. Negative: 11 out of 33
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  1. Professional1
    May 31, 2022
    6
    It certainly is no The Wire although certain elements (the complexity, the narrative, some of the actors) engender a The Wire vibe. Way too much exposition. Treats the audience as unintelligent. The positives: some fantastic performances.

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Metascore
83

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. i
    Reviewed by: Ed Power
    Jun 8, 2022
    80
    It was a darkly fascinating study of American decline and fall.
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  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: John Nugent
    Jun 8, 2022
    80
    More of an epilogue to The Wire than a spiritual sequel, David Simon’s return to Baltimore is another intelligently crafted, angry treatise on America’s fatally flawed institutions.
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  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Rebecca Nicholson
    Jun 7, 2022
    80
    We Own This City throws a lot of information out there, from acronyms to procedural terms to shifting timelines, via a web of loosely connected characters. But this horrifying story will more than reward you, once you tune in to its beat.
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